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Defending Champ Parkland Wins Again In 3-A Wrestling

Feb 21, 2009

DEFENDING CHAMP WINSTON-SALEM PARKLAND

WINS AGAIN IN NCHSAA 3-A WRESTLING

WINSTON-SALEM -- Winston-Salem Parkland rolled to its third straight team state championship on Saturday night in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A wrestling tournament championships at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Parkland, which also won the NCHSAA dual team title earlier this month, scored a total of 148 points to 99 for runner-up Hickory St. Stephens. Trinity was third at 93 points, followed by Mooresville with 84 and Jamestown Ragsdale with 78.5.

Parkland’s strength in the middle weights was evident as five Parkland wrestlers made it to the state final in their respective weight classes. Luis Ramos (140), Desean Grimes-Hines (152) and Marciano Ali (160) earned individual state championships for Parkland, with Ali finishing with a perfect 65-0 record on the season.

Jamestown Ragsdale’s Jacob Creed, the 135-pound champion and one of two Ragsdale individual titlists—Brandon Hodges at 130 was the other—was the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the championships.

Wendy's is the presenting sponsor for the NCHSAA sports program, and the event was sponsored by Visit Winston-Salem.